General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	20,218 23.03%	6,802
Finance	4	Down -2 places-2	£67,500	-6.23%	11,663 13.28%	5,008
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,687 7.62%	1,187
Banking	17	Up 19 places+19	£87,500	+5.13%	5,833 6.64%	898
Analytical Skills	27	Down -18 places-18	£52,750	-4.09%	4,882 5.56%	2,642
Marketing	41	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-18.18%	3,864 4.40%	2,056
Public Sector	57	Up 35 places+35	£60,000	-	2,877 3.28%	1,219
Retail	61	Down -4 places-4	£52,500	-4.54%	2,678 3.05%	1,197
Manufacturing	62	Down -44 places-44	£45,000	-10.00%	2,666 3.04%	1,036
Law	76	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	+9.09%	2,205 2.51%	686
Legal	81	Down -8 places-8	£67,500	+17.39%	1,974 2.25%	1,016
Organisational Skills	96	Up 10 places+10	£38,000	-10.58%	1,647 1.88%	776
Telecoms	108	Up 12 places+12	£42,500	-5.55%	1,544 1.76%	629
Electronics	172	Down -43 places-43	£52,500	-11.61%	1,077 1.23%	458
Games	208	Down -14 places-14	£45,000	-18.18%	874 1.00%	459
Presentation Skills	222	Down -134 places-134	£59,250	+2.15%	816 0.93%	519
Influencing Skills	223	No change0	£76,000	+21.60%	807 0.92%	413
Automotive	230	Up 97 places+97	£48,000	-9.43%	774 0.88%	373
Aerospace	238	Up 86 places+86	£55,000	+0.37%	730 0.83%	420
Advertising	270	Down -80 places-80	£45,000	-21.73%	614 0.70%	353
Pharmaceutical	280	Up 36 places+36	£60,000	+9.09%	583 0.66%	190
Multimedia	302	Up 282 places+282	£30,500	-12.23%	532 0.61%	364
Local Government	318	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	493 0.56%	234
Financial Institution	344	Down -165 places-165	£85,000	-0.93%	445 0.51%	204
Documentation Skills	350	Up 82 places+82	£55,000	+1.38%	432 0.49%	180
Back Office	354	Up 113 places+113	£57,500	-17.85%	428 0.49%	145
Billing	394	Up 105 places+105	£38,000	-33.03%	360 0.41%	234
Front Office	395	Down -245 places-245	£109,500	-2.66%	359 0.41%	129
Military	408	Up 25 places+25	£47,500	-17.39%	339 0.39%	240
French Language	415	Down -168 places-168	£45,000	-30.76%	330 0.38%	103
German Language	441	Down -197 places-197	£40,000	-44.82%	294 0.33%	145
Aviation	462	Up 47 places+47	£65,000	+13.04%	269 0.31%	137
Tech for Good	519	Down -45 places-45	£70,000	+7.69%	203 0.23%	36
Health Technology	519	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-14.28%	203 0.23%	103
Publishing	547	Down -101 places-101	£60,000	-6.25%	173 0.20%	87
Investment Banking	556	Down -174 places-174	£91,000	-19.11%	163 0.19%	117
Police	580	Down -151 places-151	£55,000	+6.16%	138 0.16%	42
Spanish Language	603	Up 4 places+4	£40,000	-23.80%	115 0.13%	69
Social Housing	620	Down -59 places-59	£50,000	-13.04%	98 0.11%	54
Agriculture	621	Down -27 places-27	£43,500	-15.12%	97 0.11%	40
Aeronautics	637	Down -24 places-24	£65,000	+29.85%	81 0.092%	14
Brand Awareness	641	Down -45 places-45	£50,000	+17.64%	77 0.088%	40
Retail Banking	641	Down -114 places-114	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.088%	19
Italian Language	642	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	-29.82%	76 0.087%	48
Dutch Language	643	Down -34 places-34	£35,000	-	75 0.085%	39
Digital Healthcare	645	Down -7 places-7	£60,000	-7.69%	73 0.083%	17
General Ledger	649	Down -67 places-67	£82,500	+14.59%	69 0.079%	38
Digital Health	649	Down -18 places-18	£70,000	+27.27%	69 0.079%	43
Fire and Rescue	653	Down -34 places-34	£47,249	-8.81%	65 0.074%	35
Portuguese Language	655	Down -17 places-17	£52,000	+48.57%	63 0.072%	31